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rebarbarize

rebarbarize verb: to barbarize again; to reduce again to a state of barbarism.

Verb

rebarbarize (third-person singular simple present rebarbarizes, present participle rebarbarizing, simple past and past participle rebarbarized)

  1. (transitive) To barbarize again; to reduce again to a state of barbarism.
    • Germany […] rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars.1852, William Hamilton, Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform

Forms of rebarbarize

third-person singular presentrebarbarizes
present participlerebarbarizing
past participlerebarbarized
pastrebarbarized

Origin of rebarbarize

From re- + barbarize.

Questions about rebarbarize

What does rebarbarize mean?
Rebarbarize means to barbarize again; to reduce again to a state of barbarism.
What part of speech is rebarbarize?
Rebarbarize is a verb.
What is the past tense of rebarbarize?
The past tense of rebarbarize is rebarbarized.

Words near rebarbarize in the dictionary

  1. rebarbarise
  2. rebarbarised
  3. rebarbarises
  4. rebarbarising
  5. rebarbarization
  6. rebarbarize
  7. rebarbarized
  8. rebarbarizes
  9. rebarbarizing
  10. rebarbative
  11. rebarbatively

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